Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Pamela Wright retirement set for June 20
||| FROM ALICIA WIGFIELD for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT |||
Orcas Island Library invites community to 4th annual summer nature sketching event
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library is pleased to invite community members of all ages to its 4th Annual Summer Nature Sketching Event on Thursday, June 11, at
Larsen announces 2026 Congressional App Challenge
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced the launch of the 2026 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The annual competition accepts entries through Monday, October 26, 2026, is open to high school
Rooted in Community | Leadership transition at Orcas Community Resource Center
||| SUBMITTED BY THE RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center is preparing for a big transition as Holly Southern, Programs Director, sets out to begin a new chapter in Atlanta after
75 life-sized dorsal fins on display for Orca Action Month
A community art project to raise awareness for the endangered Southern Resident killer whales ||| FROM MOLLIE SEGALL for ORCA BEHAVIOR INSTITUTE ||| The non-profit Orca Behavior Institute (OBI) is leading a community art project
Is your boat ready for the season?
Boat tabs are required in Washington and expire every year on June 30. Owners with expired tabs could face fines and now be considered derelict under new legislative definition. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
Library’s exhibiting artist for the month of June is painter Peter Carlson
||| FROM ANDREA COHEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Peter describes himself as a painter of images grounded in story. In this group of works which he has entitled ‘Conflict,’ Peter considers the relationship between
Chandelle Anderson oil paintings featured at Artworks
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks features new paintings in oil by Chandelle Anderson through the month of June. Chandelle is a new member of Orcas Island Artworks.
Emmanuel Episcopal offers Wednesday musical series to benefit music scholarship fund
||| FROM JEFFRY STEELE for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| I am writing to announce another summer of our Wednesday noon series. Admission is by free-will offering to benefit the Emmanuel music scholarship fund in support
Health Care District communication regarding clinic provider transition
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We are appreciative of the outpouring of support for Dr. Simpson-Manske. We are grateful for the compassionate care that Dr. Simpson-Manske has provided while employed with Island
I’m Not the Church Lady | Learning to Unlean
Who Could I Be in My Enoughness? ||| I'M NOT THE CHURCH LADY by ROSIE KUHN ||| Something essential about me is not enough yet. Recently, I realized the degree to which I’ve been living
Midnight Mutterings | Planning
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Pretty sure not one of us thinks planning for aging is simple. First of all, we have to decide at what age we will be officially old. That
Letter to Editor | Why?
||| FROM SUSAN MUSTARD ||| Yesterday I was shocked to learn that Dr. Jennifer Simpson-Manske is no longer at Island Primary Care - Orcas. And yet, I have appointments with her in early fall on
Schools Out party coming to Village Green
||| FROM FUNHOUSE COMMONS |||
CWR logs another Bigg’s encounter
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 11:15 AM ObservEnd: 12:48 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T011A, T046B, T046B2, T046B2B, T046B3, T046B3A, T046B4, T046B6,
The Nature Record comes to Friday Harbor for a public engagement event
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum, UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friends of the San Juans and San Juan County Department of Environmental Stewardship are excited to announce a public engagement
